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Developer Releases Claude Skill to Automate Agent Prompt Loops in One Command

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A developer has published an open-source Claude Code skill called 'loop-engineering' that automates the process of repeatedly prompting an AI coding agent toward a defined goal. Instead of manually guiding the agent step by step, users specify a goal and a verifiable stop condition once, after which the system handles task discovery, execution, and verification autonomously. The skill scaffolds a structured setup inside a repository, including a shared state file and two separate agents — one to perform work and another to independently verify it — ensuring the maker never self-approves its own output. Built-in safeguards require human confirmation before any irreversible actions such as merging, deploying, or deleting. The skill is available on GitHub and can be installed globally across projects or scoped to a single repository.

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